Comment 4 for bug 483002

I'm seeing this error too on my desktop using Ubuntu Karmic. I also reinstalled firefox 3.5.5 and Ggears using synaptic and web with no change. Going to gears.google.com shows "0.5.32.0;official;opt;linux;firefox" is installed but I can't configure gears. Clicking Tools -> GearsSettings does absolutely nothing and preferences for gears in Add-ons is grayed out. I have a Laptop using the same .Mozilla profile and doesn't have this issue. The laptop was a clean install. The desktop was an upgrade from 9.04.